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Med Term- Ch. 2
Ch. 2 corresponds with Medical Terminology Complete! (3rd ed.) by Bruce Wingerd.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -meter | measure, measuring instrument |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pathy | disease |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -logy | study or science of |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -drome | run or running |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -malacia | softening or degeneration |
| -opsy | view of |
| -oxia | condition of oxygen |
| -phil | loving or affinity for |
| -philia | loving of affinity for |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, painful, or difficult |
| -phasia | speaking |
| a- | without or absence of |
| -physis | growth |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| quadri- | four |
| -oma | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| home/e | sameness, unchanging |
| -stasis | standing still |
| syn- | together |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -algia | condition of pain |
| my/o | muscle |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -atresia | closure or absence |
| mening/o | membrane |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| ten/o | tendon |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ia | condition of |
| -osis | condition of |
| aden/o | gland |
| Albin/o | white |
| -ism | condition or disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasia | growth, formation |
| -rrhagia | abnormal discharge |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | condition of hardening |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -ad | toward |
| poly- | many |
| -emia/ -hemia | blood |
| -iatry | treatment or specialty |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study or science of |
| -practic | practice GREEK |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasia -clasis -clast | break apart |
| -desis | surgical fixation or fusion |
| -ectomy | surgical excision or removal |
| -gram | a record of image |
| -graphy | an instrument for recording |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -metry | measurement, process of measuring |
| -rrhapy | suturing |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -ion | process |
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